Baltimore vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Baltimore	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2197	$1464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5257	$3391
🏠 One person rent	$1386	$919
🏘️ Family rent	$2455	$1636
🍽️ Food expenses	$553	$336
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$97.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4752	$1771
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	98	93
😀 Quality of life	92	83
🏙️ Population	586K	1.86M

The cost of living in Baltimore is 50% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1292nd and 3564th ($2197 vs $1464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1152nd and 1st in the United States and Poland, respectively. Check the United States vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Baltimore compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Baltimore ranked 12th best city to live in the United States vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 89th and 342nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Baltimore vs Warsaw

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	Baltimore	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.5	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.08	$7.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.96	$3.8
☕ Cappuccino	$4.74	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.48	$1.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1343	$923
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1181	$699
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2857	$1731
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2073	$1282
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.1	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$250
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.5	$14.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	7.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2109	$5380
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1818	$3613
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.11	$1.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.6	$27.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$8.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.72	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.18	$3.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$8.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$6.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.7	$0.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.77	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$3.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.54	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.4	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.7	$4.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.98	$3.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.73	$2.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66.9	$36.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$91.8	$40.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$15.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.5	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.2	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$511
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30623	$11854

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Cities near Baltimore

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Catonsville	$2421
21 km or 13 mi	Owings Mills	$2518
23 km or 14 mi	Columbia	$2674
30 km or 19 mi	Laurel	$2258
31 km or 19 mi	Edgewood	$2433
32 km or 20 mi	Eldersburg	$2367
35 km or 22 mi	Bel Air South	$2416
36 km or 22 mi	Annapolis	$2849
37 km or 23 mi	Bel Air North	$2401
37 km or 23 mi	Bowie	$2362
40 km or 25 mi	Greenbelt	$2359
42 km or 26 mi	College Park	$2369
47 km or 29 mi	Silver Spring	$2150
52 km or 32 mi	Rockville	$2325
54 km or 34 mi	Bethesda	$2685
55 km or 34 mi	Gaithersburg	$2662
57 km or 35 mi	Washington	$3079
57 km or 36 mi	Georgetown	$2844
58 km or 36 mi	Germantown	$2591
65 km or 41 mi	Alexandria	$2982
66 km or 41 mi	Bailey's Crossroads	$2535
66 km or 41 mi	Hanover	$2116
71 km or 44 mi	Frederick	$2308
73 km or 45 mi	Reston	$2714
74 km or 46 mi	Springfield	$2215
75 km or 47 mi	Waldorf	$2428
75 km or 47 mi	Herndon	$2518
76 km or 47 mi	York	$1846
77 km or 48 mi	Fairfax	$2730
80 km or 50 mi	Ashburn	$2863
84 km or 52 mi	Leesburg	$2685
86 km or 54 mi	Newark	$1861
87 km or 54 mi	Centreville	$3110
88 km or 55 mi	Lancaster	$1886
91 km or 56 mi	Woodbridge	$2592
91 km or 57 mi	Marumsco	$2522
95 km or 59 mi	Dover	$2144
95 km or 59 mi	Manassas	$2426
98 km or 61 mi	Waynesboro	$2107
103 km or 64 mi	Hagerstown	$1906

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1238
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1218
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1029
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1040
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$842
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$907
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1090
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1029
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$987
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$994
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1161
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1027
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$816
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$708
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$969
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$973
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$936
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$863
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$999
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$949
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1006
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$415
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$1024
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1002
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1008
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1013
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$943
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$980
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$849
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1043
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1118
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1037
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$995
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$791
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1028
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$940
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1011
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385